is a

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on the

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. It is located in

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. Station number is T37. The elevation is 413 metres (AMSL).

Line

Nemuro Main Line is a railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), connecting Takikawa Station in Takikawa and Nemuro Station in Nemuro, including Obihiro and Kushiro. Higashi-Nemuro is the most easterly situated station on the J ...

Station structure

The station has two platforms serving three tracks.

History

The station opened on 3 September 1901.

Future plans

In 2016 the section of the Nemuro Main Line between Shintoku and Higashi-Shikagoe underwent extensive damage due to heavy rainfall. Since then, a substitute bus service was put in place serving this section of the Nemuro Main Line. However, in 2024 it was decided that this station, along with the rest of the Nemuro Main Line between Furano and Shintoku, would be closed permanently effective 1 April of that year.

Surrounding area

There were Karikachi signal stop, Karikachi tunnel and Niinai Station between this station and

Shintoku Station is a railway station in Shintoku, Kamikawa District, Hokkaidō, Japan. Its station number is K23. Lines *Hokkaido Railway Company **Nemuro Main Line **Sekishō Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR H ...

. In 1966 the old line was replaced by new line through Shin-Karikachi tunnel.

Karikachi signal stop

was located near the west mouth of ( old )Karikachi tunnel. It had

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Karikachi tunnel

was 654m long and 534m high (

AMSL Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

) at the highest point.

Niinai Station

was located in the middle of the eastern slope.

Adjacent stations

;Hokkaido Railway Company :Nemuro Main Line :: T36 – Ochiai T37 – K23

References

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1901 Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture {{Hokkaido-rail-station-stub